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General Motors was in no mood to hold back last week. Dispirited by slumping profits and weary of accusations that it produces bland, look-alike autos, the company decided that it needed to give car buyers a peek at coming attractions. In a surprise marketing step, GM's Chevrolet division announced it would supply Avis, National and other car-rental agencies with several thousand advance models of its 1987 Corsica sedans and Beretta coupes. GM hopes that the cars, to be available for rent about three months ahead of their official March 12 debut, will turn some heads. The spiffy...
...project is aborted), tin cupping (when one corporate division begs for management support) and deadheading (bypassing a senior employee in order to promote someone more junior). Computer aficionados complain about vaporware (software that has been announced but not yet produced). Advertisers refer disparagingly to white bread (consumers with bland tastes). And all business executives try to avoid a Mickey Mouse. That's a major effort that produces paltry results...
...first heard Byrne's music about ten years ago when he was awakened one night by a mysterious tune playing on a stereo, then discovered that the Manhattan loft he was in was burning down. The song: Byrne's Love Goes to a Building on Fire. Reporter-Researcher Elizabeth Bland, who assisted Cocks with the story, interviewed the musician-director several times in New York City. Bland says her initial fears about Byrne's daunting reserve were dissolved by the singer's dry wit. In Texas, Houston Bureau Chief Richard Woodbury attempted to hunt down the offbeat characters who played...
That seemed to defuse what otherwise might have been sharp criticism from Democrats campaigning for next month's congressional elections. Missouri Lieutenant Governor Harriett Woods, a liberal running for the Senate, contented herself with this bland comment: "I'm not saying the President should have accepted (Gorbachev's offer). I do think that the Administration must now define SDI's purpose more clearly...
...doubles flights, the recently formed duo of Bland and Jackie Ferrell placed third in the "A" flight. After losing in the regular draw of the "A" flight, Robin Boss and Martha Berkman--one of the best pairs in the region--easily won the "A" flight consolation round. Boss also took the singles consolation match of the flight...